We Read The Weeklies
Last week's winner: the Guardian: Redmond drops the f bomb on the front page today: Prop C is not a Chris Daly power grab, darn it! Krissy Keefer gets her Green primary endorsement on the editorial page (though they note "she virtually has no hope of beating Nancy Pelosi." Oops, last week's endorsement issue forgot to mention that they're endorsing Leno in Assembly District 13. Union-busting Whole Foods might be moving to the Haight. Cover: Why's the city killing off fun? (an article about the SF Party Party.) Annalee Newitz on the NSA. Sonic Reducer hosts a DJing class today at 5 p.m. at the Hemlock. Carnival pullout for the weekend. New tea place in Hayes Valley. L.E. Leone goes out for karaoke. And SFist Eve's horoscope: think big! (Happy birthday, co-editor! Hope it was a good one!)
Next up, the Weekly: Matt Smith continues his lonely war of attrition against people who don't let developers build apartments in the city. The Apologist on the Olympics bid. Why should SF get the Olympics? "We have the best steroids!" Yes we do! The SF Party Party makes it into two weeklies this week -- party party! Cover article: It's toxic on Treasure Island. Meredith eats Hawaiian; SFist Ced goes to town. Judging the Air Guitar championships. And Savage Love: complicated ground rules on threesomes.
The Metro: Our source didn't make it down to the South Bay, so here's what we got online. Cover article on the cool new Christianity in Santa Cruz. If Hep C were attacking your face like it is our prisons, would you pay attention? We don't really get the Gary Singh but it uses the word "grappling hook," which we appreciate. Lourdes Ciccone's fake blog! And the search for Iraqi food in Santa Clara (no stuffed lamb intestines, though. Darn it! That's our favorite.)
And the East Bay Express: Hilarious dream comic this week. Oh, Captain America! A bunch of letters about the Asian-American basketball league, and the other side of the Van Kleef story. Bottom Feeder goes through your Oakland election options. Chilean sea bass -- is it really overfished? As a friend of ours says, "eat it now before they're all gone." Cover article: the Alameda county superintendent of schools sucks. Jonathan Kaufman goes to Spices 3, where they serve stinky tofu, Taiwan style. We are so there! And Rachel Swan goes to the R. Kelly afterparty, does not get peed on.
Pick of the week: It goes to the Metro! You had us at "grappling hook." (though we still have no idea what the Gary Singh column was actually about.)
